The National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to promote open and transparent standards for 5G and for other wireless technologies as a new member of the O-RAN Alliance, according to NIST Director Laurie Locascio. He added that establishing the standards will help protect data from cyber threats. NIST will work with the members of […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs will focus on data and emerging technologies for its IT modernization effort under the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act. According to Ryan Vega, the chief officer of the Veterans Health Administration Office of Health Care Innovation and Learning, the modernization effort will improve collaboration with industry members […]
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Weapons and Complex Integration Directorate has partnered with the University of California to set up a program that would provide up to $1 million for a winning artificial intelligence and machine learning proposal from untenured, tenure-track faculty members. The LLNL Early Career UC Faculty Initiative grant recipient will be allowed […]
President Joe Biden has added eight new members to the National Science Board, including Merlin Theodore, who leads the advanced fibers manufacturing group in the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She will serve a six-year term on the National Science Foundation’s governing board, which is responsible for helping the NSF recommend national […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has adopted the cybersecurity asset management solution of Axonius Federal Systems to increase network visibility, identify asset gaps and potential vulnerabilities, and rapidly resolve system issues. Axonius has worked with CMS since 2021 to automate how asset information is accessed and establish a process through which the agency […]
The Department of Energy has awarded six companies a total of $1.8 million in funding to help the manufacturing industry improve its energy efficiency and productivity. Under the High-Performance Computing for Manufacturing program, the six awardees will use high-performance computing capabilities offered by the department’s supercomputers to optimize processes and end-use products. The six recipients […]
Software developer OmniSync has secured a five-year, phase III award from the Department of Energy to build the Small Business Innovation Research Partnering Platform. The platform will use artificial intelligence algorithms to pair SBIR or Small Business Technology Transfer applicants and awardees with industry partners, investors, subject matter experts and other relevant stakeholders to help […]
Seven federal laboratories have received contract awards with a combined value of $1.1 million from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to accelerate the research and development and commercialization of federally funded technologies designed to address critical homeland security challenges. Within the next two years, the laboratories are expected to reach technology […]
The Department of Energy will supply $2.3 million in investments to 10 projects by industry scientists under a public-private initiative aimed at researching fusion power technologies. With funding provided as part of the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program, commercial firms will work with Energy Department-sponsored national laboratories to advance scientific knowledge and come up […]
Security services provider Cloudflare has received a $7.2 million Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency contract for registry and authoritative domain name system services for the .gov top-level domain. Cloudflare will provide managed DNS services and DNS hosting for .gov domains. The company will also support CISA’s efforts in reducing the attack surface for .gov infrastructure […]
